Pilchen v. City of Auburn, NY

How courts have described this case

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• finding a violation of procedural due process when the city failed to provide written explanation for why the plaintiff could not obtain water service in her name
• municipality coerced “innocent third party” into “assuming her landlord’s debt in order to maintain a service the City has agreed to provide.”
• “The right to water service may not be a fundamental right guaranteed by the Constitution, however the Constitution does protect the rights of those granted a property interest by State law.”
• “The right to water service may not be a fundamental right guaranteed by the Constitution, however the Constitution does protect the rights of those granted a property interest by State law.”

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